Coed baby shower is a party for men and women, and more like a small family celebraton that welcome their little new member, without emphasis on those frilly things and ooh-and-aah activities at women-only parties.

Not only celebrities in L.A tend to ahead of the curve when it come

to trends, a famous baby site also reports that nearly half of baby showers now are coed parties.

Especially with busy soon-to-be-Moms, like business owner, company executives, and celebrities, there is often a Mr. Mom at home who expects to fully participate in the baby shower. And of course, their male buddies.

Beside, dad-to-be plays a very big role during the pregnancy and in the new baby's life, why should you get the new mom to celebrate on her own?

Of course, hosting a coed baby shower is more than just putting the male guests on the inviting list. Some shower hostesses even worry that guys would not attend such a baby shower party where participants play games such as Round-the-Tummy.

The Etiquettes and Invitations

If your hubby want to more guys to show up, use the name of "Diaper vs Daddy Party" instead of  "Coed Baby Shower".

Don't arrange coed baby showers on a sport day, otherwise those football-fans will not show up at your shower - they will go for the Super Bowl or the NBA All-Star.

Invite more than 3 guys: Father-in-law, spouse, friends, college guys, co-workers and business partners - don't let the dad-to-be stay alone at the baby shower.

The baby shower invitations should be sent out 3-4 weeks in advance of the baby shower. No matter what kind of invitation ideas you might come up with, stay away from pink!

And don't forget reminding the guys to register at a local gift store or an online gift registry.

Have A Co-host Help You

If you could not stand the thought of seeing their bored unhappy faces, my suggestion is to ask one of them to give you a hand.

In fact, the male co-host can provide big help from choosing the stylish color invitation, to picking up the dad-friendly baby shower ideas and games, and guiding the men to check gift registry as they often don't know what to buy for the baby-to-come.

The best co-host candidate: the soon-to-be-grandpa or any male guest who has the experiences of baby shower party or the pregnancy process.

What if you're pulling you hair out but still have no clue on how to entertain the guys? I suggest you learn from your past party experiences.

As someone once said, "The best way to have a great idea is to have a lot of good ideas." It works the same way to find unique baby shower ideas.

Lots of baby shower hostesses don't realize that the most creative baby shower ideas lie somewhere deep in their mind. They just don't know it.

I mean, we've all spent hours coming up with birthday parties, family reunions, weddings, and even holidays like Halloween and Christmas. Once the party is over, however, all that energy and all those ideas usually just dwindle away.

Think about this: If you can get out the baby shower party photos somehow find their way into a forgotten folder on your computer's hard drive or hidden inside a photo album somewhere, you can simply put an end to all the wasting of your time.

If you have any original coed baby shower ideas to share, I'd like to hear from you.